Whoop just made its most stylish band yet. Meet the Meridian jewelry-inspired band.
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Whoop’s jewelry-inspired Meridian band is a reminder that wearables are competing on social acceptability as much as sensor accuracy. If your product lives on-body, industrial design and fashion partnerships are now core levers for retention, not afterthoughts.
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